Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2025, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (6): 71-86.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2024-0733

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Cutting-edge Omics Technology Innovations Empower Livestock and Poultry Biological Breeding

LI Chen-ying1,2(), KONG Da-shuai2, LI Ruo-nan2,3, ZHANG Yu-bo2, YAN ping2,4, LI Kui2, KONG Si-yuan2()   

  1. 1.College of Animal Science and Technology, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao 266109
    2.Shenzhen Branch, Guangdong Laboratory of Lingnan Modern Agriculture, Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Agricultural Genomics Institute at Shenzhen, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shenzhen 518120
    3.College of Animal Science and Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University (HACAU), Wuhan 430070
    4.Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Breeding on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Lanzhou Institute of Husbandry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730050
  • Received:2024-07-12 Online:2025-06-26 Published:2025-06-30
  • Contact: KONG Si-yuan E-mail:lcy1998102022@163.com;kongsiyuan@caas.cn

Abstract:

The growth of the global population has led to an increase in the demand for livestock and poultry products, while climate change and environmental pressures pose challenges to the survival and production of livestock and poultry. The independently selected core livestock and poultry breeds in China is rather lack, and thus "biological breeding" has become a "national strategy" for the New Quality Productivity of Agriculture. Therefore, it is necessary to breed new livestock and poultry breeds with excellent traits and strong adaptability. The continuous development of omics and molecular biology technology has promoted the development and improvement of genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, three-dimensional genomics, metagenomics, and single-cell and other multi-omics technologies, and successfully combined and applied to genome-wide association analysis, marker-assisted selection, genome-wide selection and other livestock and poultry bio-breeding methods. With the innovation and development of cutting-edge genomics technologies, the potential molecular genetic mechanisms of livestock and poultry biomorphogenesis have also been realized to be resolved. In order to make better use of Genomic & Multi-omics Breeding techniques and concepts to help livestock and poultry biological breeding, this review summarizes the contents and characteristics of the main livestock and poultry biological trait formation and molecular breeding-related genomics technologies. It firstly describes the principles and applications of classical genomics technologies, which are mainly related to genomes, transcriptomes, proteomes, etc. Meanwhile, it also pointed out the limitations of these technologies, and introduced a series of new omics technologies, including three-dimensional (3D) genomics, gut microbiomics and single-cell omics. It also summarizes the application of the Genomic & Multi-omics Breeding concept in the analysis of economically important traits and molecular biological breeding of livestock and poultry and outlines the application scenarios and challenges of these genomics technologies. Finally, the review discusses the comprehensive application of multi-omics technology, and looks forward to the future development trend of genomics technology. It aims to provide new references for the research of important traits of livestock and poultry and the development of breeding field, and to promote the development of livestock and poultry breeding towards a more precise, efficient, and economical direction.

Key words: livestock and poultry, traits, omics technologies, genomes, three-dimensional genomes, metagenomes, biotechnological breeding